OK Well thank you what's been the friendliest for.
Your.
Alley cars during this trip John thank you for. Taking over and just beating us.
So. When we get started on our call that should lead to provide
a reading governing board in the bombing field modified in your school district.
School board meeting for December fifth twenty sixteen that's being held the priest
appears for more oil spill and in honey then order. We also with the
agenda but have any questions comments. OK.
So I did what was the tour group to pierce the moral school facility and our second
item on the agenda. Community comments.
Hearing and seeing. Pretty soon we will move right
to the. Precipice report and Johnny he said you're going to just throw the reader
Lee Lee was sorry she could make it tonight it was an unavoidable conflict with
something that she had scheduled couldn't couldn't get. She asked me to mention
a couple of things one of the outdoor education program that they have going on it
started last year in pay of course Fridays where the kindergarten went outside and
did literacy science and social studies outside outdoor Vironment
use some of the tools some of the opportunities that are outside to reinforce the
skills and concepts that we want students to learn and it's grown on being
integrated in grades one through four as well you can see it outside but there's
a new out who were learning. Structure last year it was
a lean to really that was out the back of the school this trail and this year
through Brianne So in
a lot of community support volunteers they have this really nice outdoor structure
that they can use for Greece K.
Through four to learn outside and access one of the greatest assets that we have
a lot which is our outside. So your offer to. Get
a chance in the daylight take
a look at it it's really quick call it supposed to be
a structure. I think create some excellent opportunities for for students and
staff and the whole community to access it over the next several years.
So she also wanted me to mention that there was
a bond for geothermal. Geale three will keep pump
technology on and that is going to be the. Projects going to take place this summer
. And in my super intense report in November I shared the flyer with you
which describes what
a closed loop system looks like and what some of the advantages are of it and how
really you're taking either the heat or cooling from the ground and transferring it
into the building that's that's the overall concept of the of the system so that
there they have a committee right now
a school based community that is looking at specifications working with the
engineer and they will go out to bid for the project really in January and
hopefully in the plan is to start the project to have it done by wind schools
or so couple other just pieces about the system that does offer cooling as well as
heating and that the system is is has dehumidification
so with months of summer this school will be relatively dry will be dry
least that's the plan. So it's exciting and it's a big project that took
a number of years and we're looking forward to seeing what the result.
That's what tell what share. And share would you like.
For. Christmas Day to be in the system with the big project for the year.
And then for Friday the structure as there are there I think there's some pictures
on my fantastic structure that. People pretty heavy. Solid opossum being
beautiful. And there's
a lot of community volunteer. Effort in there. Just
like the mom like everybody else OK thank you thank you John together for the World
Cup that so. Sorry next item on the
agenda student representative report. For the i said if you want to hear whether.
The awful grades the two. Words
share with you'd like to live with. So have runs
a very middle school and it comes from there Cochran has joy I was offered
a ski school after school program so students can sign up and go to.
Ski Area our loss and I mean our scheme and then the bomb program is also starting
and as you know. And then runs over there starting to redefine some of training
her in general lying to Congress the library after school and read for an hour to
our house and sacked by. And then
view the fall of theatre show was death in the city and I went really well I don't
know if anyone saw but it was very well put together and really funny and the next
play was announced it's the musical spam
a lot and it's going to happen in the spring but he said about not only finding.
The winter sports have started so. You know everyone's little bit so are there some
I don't know I think skiers might hock you started
a few weeks ago are all just getting used to. Sports again.
International Club went to Montreal last Friday and we brought
a bunch of. Exchange students there which was kind of interesting it was really fun
and then just
a fun thing like something that I find really cool we have I mean we have
a club called the refugee outreach club and this Saturday so they have like they've
been hosting a winter clothing food clothing drive not
a food drive underclothing drive and they've gotten like. Insane amount of clothes
like it's awesome like Lauren Haggerty brings in my arm loads of stuff like from
the lobby every day and like Mr Knox's room we should get really pile it up there
is just really great to see like I mean you community like bringing the cold winter
coat snow pants and boots you have to go out and stuff but this Saturday they're
actually having like this lunch thing in the library I mean you and there are
inviting this man who is I was originally from Sudan and he works as like
a business person in Burlington and he is coming in and talking about his like
Journey to America as like
a refugee I'm. Going to be catered by Ethiopian women so there's going to be like
really cool food. I think I might go but just something that's happened. And one
more day I'll see you sorry but it should be. Paired with our athletic director
David Milo made
a fan out so you can download the app and then you can sign it and. There's
a geotagged reach locations for the sports fields and nice friends and about sports
and if you go to an away game or if you go to
a new site and they do you attack and you get points and the points add up to
reward so you go to five home games or just five points each I think we had twenty
five points that's like
a free hat. And so are coming up with all these different we're trying to get.
Sort of like you discount ever trying to get sponsors for the app so we're asking
for the country store and stuff like chocolates and other places to sponsor her ad
and then give us for boards for the rights to some Or they say well. So if you guys
ever want to come in the game and done with the cougar nation.
That's
a really good. Question for students. That
anything at all on their agenda. I do whatever certainly.
That. You have any input on.
Looking at again I'm sure that. That's what.
Perry thanks. Next item is there
a compliance report. To point to treatment of staff.
At this time often attain
a motion to approve the monitoring reported to the Senate.
We're going to have discussions from last second. And. No
discussion on this done you want to run us through
a better chair so for me. To put together
this report based on the data that we've collected over the last several years as
a state in the beginning believe. Based on the interpretations that I presented it
and the policies that we are in the points with all of the polls there
in the report and what I attempted to do is to provide as much evidence
is I can along with some details of what we're doing here and some of our
future play so I can walk through it step by step we're certainly
welcome. Many questions folks have. Pieces of it.
The kid did spend
a good chunk of time really thinking about it and looking at the systems that we
currently have in place and then connecting them with action just through taking
you know really over the last seven eight years. So the first section
that I just walk folks through don't want to bore anybody the. First section.
Really look set making sure that we have written guidelines procedures policies
protocols that. Are keep the students
staff in the district safe against wrongful working conditions which is essentially
is that you have an environment where there could be unlawful termination
or an environment where people don't know what the rules in the regulations are so
what I detailed is what we've done over the last several years has to go through
all of our job descriptions and I said that's majority of employees really
it's almost everyone but there could be one or two employees that have
a job title that we do not have
a job description for but the vast majority of our employees do have
a job description we're currently updating those job descriptions and that's
a project that Rebecca T.-Bo our H.R.
Director is taking on we're reviewing those and making some updates to those as
needed
a lot of this work came from an assessment that we did in eleven two thousand and
eleven two thousand and twelve where we had an organization and some H.R.
Specialists from H.R.
Century which came in and did
a complete review of what we had in place and gave us some recommendations of where
we're doing well in some things that we needed to change so I outlined some of that
in the evidence and then I also provided some evidence or examples of what
the actual product and results were. Then I also talked about when
I think one of the best efforts that we ever took which was to hire an H.R.
Director now it's only fifty sixty percent. So that's it's not full time.
But it is more than we had in two thousand and eleven we didn't have any H.R.
Director sensually we say or shared those responsibilities and one of the rejected
recommendations from the assessment is you we really needed to hire an H.R.
Director which we have since done
a part time person the first person that we hired to Cindy Mack and if you know
Cindy Cindy was a teacher but she was also a principal so she had quite a bit of
a teacher experience as
a principal and then she was also an attorney so she really brought
a different lens to our organization around. The legal side of
H.R. Which is there's
a considerable amount anybody that has had experience with that and
a lot of her legal study was around labor law. And creating systems that are legal
and that protect. The employees the constituents in the organization.
In general and then. Cindy retired at the end of last year and we
hired Rebecca T.-Bo very fortunate to have found her Rebecca has an M.B.A.
From me at the University of Iowa and had administrative age our experience both at
I.B.M.
And the City Market which is an organization city America that have if you know
about it it's grown tremendously over the last decade. I mention that because
they they are they brought an analysis and
a perspective that we've incorporated into our protocols into it and into our
procedures. In addition to that reviewed allies the resources from
the multi-line program which is. A subset of this bet to
remind Insurance Trust and they have something called
a chair three sixty which is just that wealth of information that we've used that
is attorney reviewed and and really focuses on compliance that we've used
really in all the essential elements of our H.R.
And personnel functions. Then I won't get into all of this but talked about some of
the actual harassment students that we've had but the results of those have been.
The fact we have had no. Unlawful termination lawsuits really no
personnel lawsuits over the past four years focused on pork for years because
that's when we that's the time line for our H.R.
Director in addition to that we've had no grievances we've been able to resolve all
of our grievances per the contract per the law without having to hire an arbitrator
or
a mediator or really we haven't had to bring those to the board as well we've been
able to resolve those. At the administrative level.
And then I talk a little bit about volunteers we do have
a volunteer policy we also do have school based orientations one of the things I
did recognize as I would like to see as have
a one uniform volunteer handbook and then I would like to see as registering
instead of ask rules volunteers having
a mechanism online to be able to do that and that's something that Rebecca is going
to be working on over the next year or so. So
the next policy is discriminate against any staff members I'm sure.
OK I'm happy I'm not I don't even go into number to get. A quarter of.
A prescience first of all the details and the links you provided in the. Write up
shop is very good just
a couple of comments as we start to learn how to go through this. Curious if others
feel the same way or not about my my remarks here but. The policy itself that we
have your number one is broken into three parts a B. And C.
. And I think I was expecting a B. And C.
To be separately interpreted and evidence kind of broke it out to really
demonstrate that a B. And C.
Are being met independently versus consolidated into one write up I suspect you
have to have been straight at that you know but I'd be easier to read you know if
you go to the extent of breaking them out otherwise we might as well remove a B.
And C.
From the polls so that's still the point of having them there so I'm confused so in
the policy number one is this operate without written proceed personnel rules that
a clarify rules for staff be provided for affectively of grievances and see protect
against wrongful conditions that A.B. And C.
. In that policy feel like they are talking about one to three A.B.C.
. Yes I trade integrate them so I think I would prefer to have others who prefer to
have them called out
a lot of more separately or perhaps we should just remove them from the policy to
keep them together so that they align with how you provide the evidence OK.
Second thing. That. It was keep
various If you had like after writing the evidence report for the first time if you
had any areas where you know knowing how you want to show the evidence of
compliance is there anything you're going to do differently between now and the
next this policy is up for review yet to forty two things one we're.
We're going to do some we have some school based surveys that we're going to be
presenting to staff. To collect some more recent information and
so that's one and then we also have. It really three
sixty sort of feedback loop for principles and some of the elements that are in
this compliance poesy are also in the. Or in
the surveys so that's something that we're going to be advancing. This winter and
in the spring. I think that I think that that information would supplement like
that here well I think we have
a lot. Of large description about policies and walls that we've
developed and you know how we can demonstrate that the policies and the rules and
all the various handbooks and things are are some of the best you know out there
but they're only as good as people read them had understand them and comply with
them and I think having some feedback from them and their staff would help
demonstrate Yeah I could have that also we we may we have. I could have used
a percentage I think it's like ninety percent but it's close to one hundred percent
where we have
a you have to sign off so people have to acknowledge that they've been trained to
go do this and so that's something that I thought of over the weekend that I could
have included we have that data that's close to you know one hundred percent but I
think that would have been would show evidence that people have read it and we have
it in it's timely agreed. But I think the three this survey for
principles hits on
a lot of the elements that are in here and then I'll be able to bring that back
next year to really quantify it. Might. Have to that
because that could give them
a little bit or if you don't. Like. That other piece because
I was looking at the survey information here that it was two outside surveys think
we have no control over when they happen and when they ask so I'm thrilled to hear
that you're integrating macula that's really beneficial. The piece that when we're
talking about grievances and different things it would be helpful to have like
a year and you know when the agreements happened and when it was resolved perhaps
or something like that where it's concrete data and can keep track of how we're
doing it you know with her having lots of grievances. A certain year something back
and I think you know from here on route we're going one year at
a time right so that's pretty good so I could look at this year and I could yeah
report back. That. Can I disable I have
a little difficulty
a lot of these things are further for your timeframe and and. To
me that didn't seem particularly pertinent I mean I don't mean this is
a criticism it's
a surprise time through but you know no lawsuit in the last four years to me seems
well obviously a good thing I don't know how meaningful is looking at such
a to work short timeframe if you see what I'm saying yeah. So I
don't know I mean I don't know that is relevant but if it is relevant you know go
to
a lawsuit in twenty years or whatever but I don't I don't I'm even if it's relevant
but that's funny how we hire the H.R.
Person for years so that's why what makes it right I mean I understand I mean I
understand that's there but I still don't know the. Maybe to compare the time
before that the time. Well when you're saying about the grievances of minutes is
this three a typical number I mean this isn't meant as
a criticism I just don't have the perspective to know if that's. Meaningful.
Is it safe to say you know it's not something I want to hear like. He went back
this gives you an institutional district at this point OK if you can gauge against
future I go to you I'm going back four years OK I guess I'm
a little confused because I thought we were really looking at whether or not we
operate without written personnel rules that not measuring the number of incidences
but we're gauging the fact that we do have written personnel rules that
a B.
Is provided for active handling three it's the one those are those are those go yes
but those are the rules that so he's just talking about so to me I was looking at
this is evidence. And I was focusing less on the number of incidents and more about
the fact that there was a transition time before we had
a chart where things may have been and John you can correct me
a little more loose about personnel and personnel rules and just tightening down
the personnel side of it that's really what I thought we were measuring in these
are just pieces underneath that prior to. The director we have data
of the I don't think it's as good as we have now you know the documentation but I
can benchmark it to you know really any any number I started there because the data
that we have is really the most solid and comprehensive since we hired the H.R.
Person you know. But I can go back. What will maybe you don't need to go back I
mean if we're going to get this report does it end then maybe not maybe every three
years. But at least we'll have something to gain we're saying since the last record
there have been no lawsuits for this sort of big Yeah I mean that might be OK OK
You know I can editor here think you. Can also add in specific dates to I'm happy
to do the. Lessons first.
Question. On. The fly.
In the first of two thousand and eleven eleven twelve so my question is how often
are audits done for organizations of our size. What would be the
reasonable frequency to do these audits and how much they cost there they're both
five thousand dollars. And we've got
a branch to do it the last time. We would be. Applying for another grant to
be able to. Perform another one I guess what I would likely do you were thinking
about that we would ask the people of this bit what's
a reasonable timeline What do you recommend to know for sure what institutions do
other supervisory use of our size how often they run the audit still that's what
the the school would try to garner. But some We've talked about now that we've had
an H.R. Director for a period of time. And we really have
a law or procedures or process easier or much better defined than they were
at it saying OK what can we do it better. So I'm getting the impression because
we had didn't have anything. Prior to this for four years ago. You've implemented
implemented a lot more years and this is
a good time to go back and have this reevaluated or out of the stores that's our
thinking. Here's
a cell phone robber. Still on
number one is quick look to see there for
a question for Cindy or India think around policy governance sorry. When we're what
we're trying to understand the evidence of compliance it's is it to the
interpretation or to the policy. So you're looking for compliance against the super
kind of strict interpretation statement or to the policy itself. We have to accept
the interpretation can't accept that.
Right here. It's
a two step yet. To
get her to go to the process we have different. Expectations.
Down. Front you don't accept it. So we're looking for evidence of
bias against the paper to write.
We want to run the number yeah I'll just you know just really
a question. To
a degree. That we're Yeah I mean what I say is I don't know we've
never reprimanded anybody buddy. I can go back even further. For
years for. No destructive corruptive expressions of her disagree.
To talk about specifics we have two separate occasions.
Over the last four years where we've had over there have been some questions.
About people feeling uncomfortable with how I've dealt with. And then I say to the
tell survey again. Del seventy five seventy six percent of all
staff members to. So they're really good representative group for
Surveys. In the data was really was useful in a lot of it deals with
a chair it is really really things as general as. It was supposed to be of
a very on sort of group or person serving.
There we had. To think of more than the maturity of teachers who are comfortable
about raising issues but that is another question that is inner. All right Michiru
survey to staff members do you feel comfortable sharing your opinions your position
how much you laugh or how often would you give this tells you. This was
a tell survey was something that was put out by the N.E.A.
. And they hired Oh my understanding
was a really sort of
a nonpartizan company to do the survey and the questions are in
my opinion I would use them on another survey because they're that General.
And then we have a we have a it's
a three sixty survey that we've developed with principles that we gave
a few years ago and we're going to be given those again this great initiative team
and I talked about that. And also some school based surveys to the community.
But I think this was more. Like a seven. We allow people to think the evidence is
a. Clear on this one that we.
Had last question about the evidence in this one the last poll is eighty six
percent of the teachers like Question two parties in the staff also take this
survey is it just the teachers think they separated the staff and support staff on
the survey and I didn't see this question wasn't one that was so I said
faculty and I took that to mean licensed teacher but it here could have been used
in
a different way so eighty six percent of the respondents he will say yeah I took
it as teacher and I didn't see this as part of the support staff section I said and
what about the other four percent what's what did you learn about. Their response
Well this was really an average Joe didn't say why it was more just.
There are varying degrees of it was just like it's going to get noticed yet.
You don't know why the other people run stores now and that's why I say it could be
for
a variety of reasons it could be because they don't like to talk in public or you
know for. Them this is the principles that I did look at this.
And we talked about the results and about the fourteen percent why would somebody
maybe not feel comfortable. Expressing there are raising issues or concerns.
I mean I wish it was one hundred the day six is great.
Peculiar because of the sample size was this good examples we've ever gotten.
Well the question not. On the monitoring report.
So. If you want to know no it's not
a question of any other questions you have to do you know. But I just wanted to say
because what we're supposed to be doing this is evaluating the evidence of the
compliance if there's anything that anybody wants thinks needs to be added for next
time I can't think of anything I thought that was good evidence but. I think that's
a tough one without interfering teachers. Or something.
To talk about the whole thing in general which is just that evidence of compliance
for the that number two. Zero the other I mean another way
to get evidence is to have. Any please leave the interviews but. That's
another way it's going to be here the kids are. Young they were there who they've
been there more consistent now here because they were probably very hard.
To. Get and that's what we've faced to some people just based on the.
It's
a good idea but we will be tracking that too it's good to. Others
. Who are hearing them and we
felt for the. Vote on the motion I think that I wanted to just question about the
motion because under our draft process there's
a specific type of motion that are supposed to make. So and we did this last
time and so I wanted to be consistent but I couldn't find it right away and so. We
have to when you are clear we have to say that the monitoring ports have been
determined to meet the record requirements of reasonable interpretation sufficient
evidence so we have to ask for the motion that says that the monitoring report has
been bred provides
a reasonable interpretation of the policy and evidence of compliance with that
reasonable interpretation so most second. For two we went to the court of order
to be sorry to disagree because it is already going to be
a good day yes but I just wanted to say that before we go any further down there
wanted to remind us that that's the one we really wanted to send So how do we how
would you like to offer
a friendly amendment already says what they said the there is no substitute.
For your first substitute. Thank you what he said before.
So are we calling it every placement substitute or amended motion substitute motion
substitute that says that the monitoring report two point two has been read
provides
a reasonable interpretation of the policy and evidence of compliance with that
reasonable interpretation. Except. Friendlies the two.
You're OK with that Roger. And I'm saying that also for our secretary here too as
well. So in that case I guess then I'm moving in back
seconding. Just amending it to mean the original motion. That
you just modify the second is that it was OK. For her who made the orders with.
John made the original one OK so that's why Yeah. That's why I'm. Trying to
claw. Or fired here so let's just then I have made the amended motion and Breck has
seconded it that sounds reasonable. And then further discussion because.
I said one of this question number three zero. Point three number three just
a quick one John to. Your interpretation of an emergency situation is that taken
from any kind of standard definition or is that your personal interpretation of.
The both I referred to. Because I think you could go both
so I've heard the Essex the interpretation and.
Choose to live there the sensually thing. Would be my position as well
that's what emergency situation is. I think that I also
saw it. Also another definition.
In both the audit that we had played for those who believe in.
The. Department of Public Safety. School Resource Center think that's
where they got it as well. Seems very flawed. In my perspective.
That's what we should use. I'm curious as to why you feel it's brought. Any
condition that threatens the wellbeing of students at home for you mean the
requirement that you need the actual policy Yeah yeah it is Harry Potter that's OK
I get that. Any condition that threatens the safety and well being of
students and employees is considered emergency situation. That is to me.
So somebody. Yeah and that's I mean how would you know now.
Folks believe the schools today are based on that and their response that the
schools they have different they have different responses to different situations
and they make correct about that yeah but I'm thinking like if there's
a tornado emergency situation if there is only intruder emergency situation
if there is. If there is a fire or if there's
a bus that goes off the road kids are hurt if.
You know they're there. That would stray dogs and you know even
going to that extent that are roaming around that's one of the ones I thought about
OK I would consider that an emergency situation and we need to deal with that. So
it's intended to be very brief. Yes. To really focus on some of the well being of
people are they going to get hurt. But I think that I have to agree then with Kevin
I don't see where you're going that the problem I often have is because I'm working
under the Vermont's whole crisis guy to kind of automatically go to exactly what
he's saying because I've been in it and lived it but the way that it's written
there are
a lot of. Well this is supposed to be foreseen forseeable emergency situations.
But it does sound like there could be you know when you said the thing about the
stray dogs there's probably nothing written for that so how do you. How do you have
people prepared for something that they've never experienced before you can only go
back to some of your basic things about your emergency response and have
a sort of chain of command as to who you go to it cetera that where you were more
concerned about is that it might be really broadly interpreted to be. You know the
color of the walls that they've painted is threatening to be sitting there well
below the police or something I guess where I was going was Big sure that
understood that where it was coming from and confirm that it was intended to be
brought because it was actually curious if we had
a great history. All the emergency situations we had the last year. I mean if they
really are you know. Crises type of thing then how many occur but
if it's stray dogs in the playground I'm not sure that that's something that we
would be tracking and following up on an. Individual event basis just trying to get
a feel for how how limited this this policies covering
a real problem. And it sounds like it's really you know give you an example every
year
a good two or three calls from the principal worry about ending repairing areas called
very mad. They're feeling people might be unsafe threatened and so we
have we have
a process that we fall to deal with that we have really tracking. Things
like fire. When we have had
a tornado wind event stream wind event you know things like that we have. Gas leaks
. That we so those are things that we can track but there are some things that we
haven't that I would consider that are inert or gods but
that maybe people wouldn't see as extreme.
So I guess just to close us what out my for purposes the. Thing for me I
would have expected emergency situations to be named situations that occur. You
know if any occurred we would know about them it would happen we would do some kind
of analysis after the fact of the turnaround did we do do we respond adequately and
that would demonstrate or not evidence here into the box. Really
strange yes. Oh yes correct you would be reporting at N.P.R.
After
a year of say. We have three emergency situations. Here's the deal they were handle
adequately. Local law and order one of them we're going to handle very well here's
what we're going to do. So I would look at it
a little more. Down to the situation as opposed to. Each Other.
And put them might be
a number of situations that arise that. One person like Percy but yet not the other
so we're asking John to report on something that's not clear we'll say well why
didn't you report on that issue because some people might consider that an
emergency so might be appropriate to find
a reference that finds emergency situations if used. In Burma in
a remote schools and use that as our definition rumors.
Please don't. Come back to the whole thing altogether and we start getting into
what we define as emergency situation as opposed to what the administration has
done for the situation right we're going on what were the policy governance says.
That's what I'm not saying that we define the situation I say that John should find
a reference that he feels is appropriate we defined emergency situations we know
that we can hear any and every case and then he has to deal with Iran school crisis
guy. And if we don't agree with the interpretation then we can further define in
the polls you know if we do want to take action if we didn't think that there was
a ship that was reasonable we could say no we're to see situations to find out help
us or we can debate whether we feel like it's reasonable. But not giving that point
defining the situation here not the territory in the polls right right but it's not
in the polls right. The way that the interpretation is today he's interpreted it
broadly I think we've established that. I think there are some of us myself
included that would prefer it to be more to the troops when they were. You know
everybody would be clear of what's been the situation it's not going to have these
interpreting it and the evidence supports his interpretation. QUESTION Or is it
reasonable interpret it the way it is or not. And. So I just wanted to say that
something you said kind of triggered an idea in my mind and I think it was I think
it's an interesting one is that we do have you know that in terms of the non-school
crisis guide we do have the the drills and the rehearsals that everyone does to be
as prepared as they can but the idea that you sort of reconvene after the crisis
and figure out how well everyone was prepared how well you know what the problems
were what the what stopped you from executing it. Even more flawlessly as it were
seems really interesting is that something that already goes on John you know the
thing. We keep briefing the thing that threatens the health safety of the safety
will be people it could possibly be used as evidence next time and I
think the the policy is forseeable I guess I mentioned some that are on forseeable
Russia. But then that's the way I look at emergency situation because you don't.
It's hard to predict what every emergency situation is going to look like what it's
going to be we have
a contingency for on forseeable emergencies. I mean I think we should we should
happen be brights we have something in place for any sort of hers.
That was my intent. And I think you know that when you have those unforeseeable
ones and people respond reasonably within what they were trained with you look back
on and you go well we did pretty good given the fact that you know we didn't know
right X.Y. And Z.
And those are the kinds of things that you come back later and say wow we were
pretty prepared that training that we did in the in the beginning of the school
year with the mandatory or whatever affected change because the person said Oh well
I was told to do X. Y. And Z.
And I did it with that kind of thing. So I give you some examples if you'll walk
over but I don't have to the things that happened later because you could see the
forseeable how we deal with. John I would just recommend for the future your second
to last bullet theory has not received any planes or. Maybe
that's where you know
a deep breathe right. Well. You know you could put in that and
I think that's where that would. Take the. Food service or go.
For my. Things.
But it will be one of the things is does. Give the poor.
That didn't service that we're prepared we have
a plan there's an emergency. In there we've practiced this both.
Locally they were there admin team or we go through scenarios and that we practice
you know what we would do if this happened and what has happened what will we do
differently. And that we're using your best practices to
define what that looks like. To the rescue rehearse with you and they
are part of this whole. We we are they have.
In the past it's not something that we've done. Early in every school but they
really meet with the WE HAVE A There are a police officer as they please
a person that we be with you only and we have had several run crews
particularly at the high school with the personal in the code of training and
we've shared what our plans are. So we can be consistent and have
people prepared. That's on the checklist of those on the checklist.
And I just want to save
a farly we do at this up is that this is another good example for me
a phenomenal amount of information that we didn't used to discuss at all in terms
of being knowledgeable about this level of detail of our superintendent's job
and the things that he's responsible for. And that are happening behind the scenes
that just was not a topic that came up in previous years even at M.M.U.
In terms of what we discussed. So to be able to evaluate how he's doing. And
understanding all of these pieces behind the scenes I think to me is on is really
critical. And impressive. Well with that
said. We have the amended motion out there
I was just replaced. That there is a bit there is
a motion on the floor that needs to be voted on yes. It's ready.
So we had to move to him and we've moved from amend the motion. We substitute yet
not assigning the word that's all there. You've got it right Pat OK for two point
two we're ready.
Hi John I'm just I'm just looking at the second Robert's rules to make sure that
we're doing the show OK OK thank you very much for going. To that believe we need
to make
a motion to move to amend. The original. Motion if we want to might
to modify the wording of the question of Dave's apparent here nobody knows the good
as you just wrote if you have the same restrictions you don't need. To vote on that
if you had an amended motion you would this is
a substitute so you can just go ahead and said. Thank you do what I
did this doesn't have the hole with some distance up the basics but I did this for
like twelve years you can't and I trust that a very empty All right Michael
a great resource so we're all set that's the right so all those in favor of the
motion to signify by saying I will write
a post. Sixteen abstentions think.
The ice have been the most curious Thank you John thank you great feedback thank
you for thanks for putting up with us this isn't easy to transition it's.
Just going to go down the moniker for through your stuff you know. I've got
a copy of it but in my office. We're on to the next item on
the agenda. To defend the gender. Entertain
a motion to approve the. Consent the gender presented so moved starting on.
You Tube That's why we have even the leader. Was to. Say
All right. All right. So the minutes corrections thoughts
comments regarding the minute.
I want to say that we were very lucky that we had
a substitute take where. We were very fortunate and and she did
a wonderful job of keeping up with us.
Is very.
I just want that I think maybe it's just the be on page three. The
resolution thinking her. Ford Field look at paragraph.
Clearly defined
a process where. There was taken in order to for her to
get a point that. I found that to me I found her graph
a little confusing but others. You know that if they do that and I'm fine with. It
we had to take Michael's verbiage word for word are not one in terms of the motion
right and so are you that it's
a minute clearly reflecting OK I have to scroll down to it my computer's being
we're. Getting there.
Because. He's so young.
Do you feel anybody the party could be just me but don't I deny. Having not
attended that meeting it seemed perfectly clear clear to me Yami. On the left of
the left
a great deal you can't really do that. But you know one was missing. There's
a word missing here just on the board does not have you hold this it's ass maybe
action and Stevie like not because they were talking to the subsequent ons right
that right had
a little clarity I mean I think the intent was to ply disappear but maybe just to
put in the word action. Or appointment you know.
That's. Their other direction your comment thoughts regarding the minute I have one
comment yes let me cetera in minutes. I'm not quite sure what that means in
future minutes not the future we will use that.
I think that's a that's definitely
a fair thing to to say that's an interesting comment and I think that usually
doesn't come up and again this was
a substitute no taker so we'll try to remember that for future ones but the point.
For the center of the. People are you know.
It's you know it other comments. I just want to make the comment that this is
a different style of minute taking than what we're used to than what we've done in
the past it's
a style that some boards use. And I think that I always like to remember that these
are minutes not seconds and we do have our video if people really needed to go back
and look back and say exactly what the facial expressions were or what the details
were of the comment that the person this is supposed to give you the gist of the
conversation. And must talk about who is here what motions are made it cetera.
So that being said. I think it and again thank you Margo thank you for very
much appreciating often because my minutes when it looked really different. OK All
right. OK All those in favor of the motion signify by saying I write the
post abstain abstain state.
The eyes have been in the motion Kerry. Committee an advisory.
Committee report policy is meeting tomorrow.
And then I'll probably have to have something on the on the next meeting to talk
about. Finance anything you want to chime in on. But it's committee has not met
since our last forty days after the meeting
a story straight ahead and. We get started by doubt to our. State
representatives to attend the meeting on December fifteenth. And we have at least
one of them will be attending school going to. Have
a dialogue with representatives about challenges and process that there are with
overworking. Thanks Jim.
Negotiations the. Meeting Minutes.
And proposal six. On the website my correct on we're up to date we did.
We did have our first meeting with the support staff and were able to establish
ground rules with them as well as. The true meeting date.
But again you go to the website if you look for specifics on what's going on with
the gauche Asian. Community Engagement. Our
survey is community surveys done and we're working on setting meetings for dates
to meet with groups in the communities over the next few months you have
a community group that you think would be
a good one for us to go meet these let me know. We're just trying to start
dialogues and get people's face to face feedback on what they think are. Long term
plans long term goals for the district. Not to
put you on the spot Arriba Bre may be
a good contact as to some committees in Richmond that. I think you know you could
possibly engage with so it's just where he's going to
a very active member of our community for
a long long time so. I'm not I can.
Just see that way given how much you've got done. OK.
Other business. Wanted to check in with school board members who.
Terms are expiring. Have
a town meeting in March twenty seventh he. See where we stand we know where Dave.
Is. What we aspire in terms we know where you got by if you
just mean expiring terminus you. Are supposed to focus on the term I started which
they said to her suddenly. Other board members whose.
Have you thought about it and that we don't need to you know I guess I just want to
bring it to your attention. We would like to know sooner or later though just so.
Thank you so whatever you can get sick. We want to go with accurately pursue
replacements arms thank you some signatures I wish I could help you out last.
Breath don't people feel comfortable with the quick short hands of people who
time's expired but are running again it was made that decision I mean just the
state. Thanks to you. For information is headed
right for you know if you don't receive thank you very much thank you. But it was
a second for sure Steve K.
. I thought he remembered fit I just wanted to say something because in four point
one governing style four point one point four continual board development one of
the pieces that we're supposed to do is active recruits. New board candidates is
needed. Because you had read that yeah I know I remembered it yeah so I know OK
good. So that's why I think it's important that we have we bring it up that we
bring it to the front so. Great in there and so that people can be thinking of.
A statement was made to be rude she does not harm an excellent.
First you know that was her do you have any idea that you can be right that's
a. Reasonable interpretation that's all for. You
so. You know certainly if there's anything I think that needs from the rest of the
board as well. We can assist with they please let us know.
And so. I'm sure we're going to find
a tremendous candidate for any big shoes to fill the day so. That's Current think
so. Let's see there were
a couple of things that came from the B.S.
. The. When was. The
hearings that are going on regarding. School choice and my
oh the state board rules on independent schools and the State Board of Education is
taking more of
a stand I wasn't I don't know how much to bring up here I'm I'm active in that as
part of being involved in just legislative. Issues. And I wasn't sure
what people's level of awareness was about the number of independent schools we
have that do not need to meet the same requirements that public schools do but yet
share the same funds through the tuition vouchers that we call the announced to
wish an RE So they are doing hearings but they're only doing them in the hotbed of
independent school areas which are manned. Esther and St Johnsbury And so I'm
hearing from folks who are still are struggling are not struggling with public
school budgets and feeling that independent schools should be as accountable to the
voters and to the people who the taxpayers you know your voice would be welcome on
that so there will be probably a lot of there will be
a lot of action about it there will be articles there will be statements coming out
I personally am and getting involved in it because I feel strongly. And so I'm not
sure how other people what their level of interest or awareness is. So if anybody
has any questions I'm happy to answer them or send people for information if they
so desire. Right now the biggest issue is that it may be
a civil rights issue because the announced tuition vouchers for any particular town
can be used to schools that selective. Discriminate or certainly choose and
therefore discriminate by their admission practices. For certain protected classes
of individuals.
Thank you Diane and then the other one with the news
a public hearing going on. On the. Draft rules of back forty or going
to structure. The number twelve barrier for PM So if you have any.
Comment for thoughts regarding that you can share them.
With Donna who Savard with the agency of education. And I think
Paul gave some input when we were at our regional meeting towards that. But we're
not sure how that's really that's really going to go anywhere alternative
structures and we are an alternative structure and so. At that the way we are now.
And so we may or may not be allowed to keep it. And then
just and therefore I guess we're for John than that but the Richmond County clerk
put out
a notice today about the interim report. Or its deadline of January twentieth so it
will be. That's all starting up for. That time years coming
yeah so if you. Are right that was
my other business with anybody else so. That was I think it is the. State where the
education very. Very next meeting.
Is on the. Thank teeth we're heading up to the other end of the district but
no central. School. Six P.M.
Tour six thirty will be the meeting.
What with the lovely monitoring. Do we have to remove the monitoring for.
The Do we have one now I don't have what I thought you said we now know that we
should be getting
a but your vote on recommendation Ah. Budget
right there. Is that that's what I have that right because you'll have met.
Him the way we have a check to vote to look bring
a budget to the floor. And. Have been. Meeting OK.
So that should that should be our tickets on the are just looking for. You know
it's like. You know OK it's certainly not the other agenda items or anything else
anybody policy may need some time but I'll let you get back to not like the stuff I
keep but if I need some time. Every. So that serves and then we have
the other upcoming meetings listed at the bottom of this John do we have any.
Reason for executive session tonight I have. No you know already. Moved to ensure
that right all those in favor of the motion signify by standing up then heading out
thank you everybody safe travels home. Thanks to your buddy her.